Table 2 Distribution characteristics of sapwood area under drought stress and ambient treatments in 2016. Asi is the total sapwood area in DBH class i, Ast is the ground area of the plot (m2).

From: Sap flow of black locust in response to short-term drought in southern Loess Plateau of China

Diameter (cm)

Drought plot

Ambient plot

Asi, cm2

Asi/Ast %

Asi, cm2

Asi/Ast %

6 (5–7)

175.7

14.9

128.0

10.7

8 (7–9)

265.2

22.6

359.3

30.0

10 (9–11)

260.7

22.2

274.8

23.0

12 (11–13)

260.9

22.2

284.8

23.8

14 (13–15)

188.7

16.1

93.4

7.8

15 (>15)

24.0

2.0

56.2

4.7

Total

1175.2

100

1196.7

100